Conference to address the environmental impact of digitalisation
Trade association for information professionals to host event on 12 – 14 May
The Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) will host two of the...
Atmospheric methane increase during Covid due primarily to wetland flooding
A new analysis of satellite data appears to find that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by...
Study unveils a unique microbiome in glacier meltwater streams
A new study sheds light on the diversity of microbial life in glacier meltwater. The streams draining the glaciers on our planet’s mountaintops harbor...
First UK-accredited carbon accountants training courses set to launch
In what seems an important professionalisation milestone for carbon accounting, UK trade body the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) has launched a...
Nitrous oxide levels are on the rise
Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. According to new research, we are...
Utility’s approach to explosion risk assessment wins construction industry award
An innovative, industry-leading digital approach to explosion risk assessment has seen a win for Yorkshire Water, which was named as Digital Initiative of the...
UNEP report prescribes course correction for global emissions mitigation
The appearance of UNEP's annual emissions gap report on 27 October brought a sobering appraisal of the current state of progress with keeping the global temperature rise within the 1.5ºC limit established by the Paris Agreement.
Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought
Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton...
No smoke without methane, and increasingly so
A new detection method has been used to uncover increasing amounts of methane coming from wildfires, a source not currently accounted for in state-level...
Report calls for urgent scientific examination of vital climate interventions
Emissions reductions alone are no longer enough to put us on track for a safe and manageable future for humanity, according to a new...
Enzymes used in trial of enhanced rock weathering for CO2 removal
Veolia has partnered with UK biotechnology startup, FabricNano, to apply enzymes to rocks to trial faster, permanent carbon dioxide removal directly from the atmosphere.
Enhanced...
French firm to deliver monitoring for new EfW in Scotland
Environmental monitoring solutions group ENVEA will supply a state-of-the-art emissions monitoring system for a new Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility in Scotland.
The plant, scheduled for operation...
1.5°C Paris target too high for polar ice sheets, says new study
Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the world’s ice...
Ferries trade group warns of urgent need to deliver green shipping corridors
Interferry, a global trade association for the ferry industry, has warned that ferry operators are facing rising costs under the EU Emissions Trading System...
Sunset for UK subsidies?
JULY’S budget saw the first retrospective cut to renewable subsidies yet seen in the UK, in the shape of the chancellor’s decision to remove...
Carbon catchers raise CO2 awareness
A group of artists and scientists were attempting to raise the profile of CO2 emissions and climate change during the Edinburgh Festival in August...
System reduces the costs of pollution control for industrial processes
Lionel Macey, Technical Director at waste heat recovery firm ThermTech, looks at a solution that will reduce the costs associated with electrostatic precipitators, with...
Firm launches advanced hydrocarbon gas analysers
Signal Group, the UK based developer and manufacturer of gas analysers, has launched the new ‘SOLAR’ range of fixed hydrocarbon monitors. The SOLAR instruments...
Tackling Scope 3 emissions: the key to keeping 1.5°C alive
Randeep Somel explores an important issue pertaining to how climate targets will be reached.
This November, world leaders, climate activists, and business executives have been...
Funding for large-scale carbon removal via “aquafarming”
UK blue carbon aquaculture business awarded six figure project funding for UK ocean engineering trials
A carbon removal technology that aims to remove carbon from...
